Hello Tomorrow!

The production design is a constant wonder and curiosity, if not a positive distraction. ... Created by Amit Bhalla and Lucas Jansen, "Hello Tomorrow!" is an ingenious construction, a thoroughly realized architectural confection and a mystery. ... The cast members are all pros, charismatic even when their characters are intemperate.

“Hello Tomorrow!” is impressive overall, not least of all thanks to some extraordinary production design. ... But at points midway through the season, the show can be redundant, giving us big reveals of things we already knew.

This is a warm and funny but also scalpel-sharp portrait of a capitalist society that runs smoothly on casters but always hankers for more. ... It’s a treat to watch Crudup slowly reveal the despair behind the dazzle.

By the end of the third episode, the studied slow pace of the narrative begins to grate a little, and you suspect the show may be offering more in performance and slick direction (the ‘50s tableaus are seriously impressive) than it is in story. Nevertheless, even as the plot decelerates and you start to wonder where the payoff might be, and if it might come too late, the uniqueness of Hello Tomorrow! is its own reward.

Hello Tomorrow! has yet to develop the depth, complexity, or nuance that would earn it more holistic comparisons to Mad Men, which gave us so many indelible characters. But maybe Jack’s reckless optimism is contagious, because I came out of the finale convinced that the sky—if not the surface of the moon—is the limit.

The net effect isn’t perfect, but the series should effectively pull the audience that wants to know where that rocket goes from one episode to the next. Because while Scarlett O’Hara famously said, “Tomorrow is another day,” thankfully, Hello Tomorrow! isn’t just another streaming show, but rather the kind of out-there concept that dares to shoot for the moon.

Like many programs of the streaming age, this one probably would be better as a movie – Jack continues to find ways to kick the can of truth down the road into a potential second season — but ultimately “Hello Tomorrow!” made me hope the show will have enough tomorrows to reach an adequate resolution.

Even with the underwritten characters, this show has enough interesting concepts and narrative twists to keep viewers engaged. It will be unfairly compared to the better “Severance” because of its home and high concept, but I hope "Hello Tomorrow!" continues to build on the many promising ideas and intriguing characters.

“Hello Tomorrow” packs a punch — and looks incredible while doing so — but can’t quite lasso the ideas it wants to convey. The moon here, as always, remains not quite attainable.

It’s mildly disappointing, though, when we travel through 10 episodes and so many questions are left unanswered. It just feels like the delivery never quite lives up to the sales pitch.